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BAFTA Awards: 1979

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Julia (1977)
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Midnight Express (1978) Star Wars (1977)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Goodbye Girl, The (1977) - Richard Dreyfuss
Other Nominees:
	Death on the Nile (1978) - Peter Ustinov Magic (1978) - Anthony Hopkins Midnight Express (1978) - Brad Davis (I)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Julia (1977) - Jane Fonda
Other Nominees:
	Goodbye Girl, The (1977) - Marsha Mason Turning Point, The (1977) - Anne Bancroft (I) Unmarried Woman, An (1978) - Jill Clayburgh

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Midnight Express (1978) - John Hurt
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Fran�ois Truffaut Julia (1977) - Jason Robards Superman (1978) - Gene Hackman

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Interiors (1978) - Geraldine Page
Other Nominees:
	Death on the Nile (1978) - Angela Lansbury Death on the Nile (1978) - Maggie Smith (I) Stevie (1978) - Mona Washbourne

Best Direction


Winner:
	Midnight Express (1978) - Alan Parker (I)
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Steven Spielberg (I) Julia (1977) - Fred Zinnemann Wedding, A (1978) - Robert Altman (I)

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Julia (1977) - Alvin Sargent
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Steven Spielberg (I) Goodbye Girl, The (1977) - Neil Simon Wedding, A (1978) - John Considine; Patricia Resnick; Allan F. Nicholls; Robert Altman (I)

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Julia (1977) - Douglas Slocombe (I)
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Vilmos Zsigmond Duellists, The (1977) - Frank Tidy Superman (1978) - Geoffrey Unsworth

Best Production Design/Art Direction


Winner:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Joe Alves
Other Nominees:
	Julia (1977) - Gene Callahan (I); Willy Holt; Carmen Dillon Star Wars (1977) - John Barry (III) Superman (1978) - John Barry (III)

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Death on the Nile (1978) - Anthony Powell (I)
Other Nominees:
	Duellists, The (1977) - Tom Rand Julia (1977) - Anthea Sylbert; Joan Bridge; Annalisa Nasalli-Rocca Star Wars (1977) - John Mollo

Best Sound


Winner:
	Star Wars (1977) - Sam Shaw (I); Robert R. Rutledge; Gordon Davidson (I); Gene Corso; Derek Ball (I); Don MacDougall; Bob Minkler; Ray West (I); Michael Minkler; Les Fresholtz; Richard Portman; Ben Burtt
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Gene S. Cantamessa; Robert Knudson; Don MacDougall; Robert Glass (I); Stephen Katz (II); Frank E. Warner; Richard Oswald (II); David M. Horton; Sam Gemette; Gary S. Gerlich; Chester Slomka; Neil Burrow Saturday Night Fever (1977) - Michael Colgan (I); Les Lazarowitz; John Wilkinson (I); Robert W. Glass Jr.; John T. Reitz Superman (1978) - Chris Greenham; Gordon K. McCallum; Peter Pennell; Mike Hopkins (I); Pat Foster; Stan Fiferman; John Foster (VII); Roy Charman; Norman Bolland; Brian Marshall (I); Charles Schmitz; Richard Raguse; Chris Large

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Midnight Express (1978) - Gerry Hambling
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Michael Kahn (I) Julia (1977) - Walter Murch Star Wars (1977) - Paul Hirsch (I); Marcia Lucas; Richard Chew

Best Short Factual Film


Winner:
	Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook (1978) - Tony White (I)
Other Nominees:
	I'll Find a Way (1977) - Beverly Shaffer Planet Water (1978) - Derek Williams (I) Sunday Muddy Sunday (1978) - Lindsay Dale

Best Short Fictional Film


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Best Specialised Film


Winner:
	Twenty Times More Likely (1978) - Robert Young (I)
Other Nominees:
	How a Man Schall Be Armyd (1978) - Anthony Wilkinson (I) Play Safe (1978/I) - David Eady Safety Net, The (1978) - Leonard Lewis

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles


Winner:
	Superman (1978) - Christopher Reeve
Other Nominees:
	Girlfriends (1978) - Melanie Mayron Interiors (1978) - Mary Beth Hurt Midnight Express (1978) - Brad Davis (I)

Michael Balcon Award


Awarded to:
	Les Bowie; Colin Chilvers; Denys N. Coop; Roy Field; Derek Meddings; Zoran Perisic; Wally Veevers

Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music


Winner:
	Star Wars (1977) - John Williams (I)
Other Nominees:
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - John Williams (I) Julia (1977) - Georges Delerue Saturday Night Fever (1977) - Barry Gibb (I); Maurice Gibb; Robin Gibb

Flaherty Documentary Award


Winner:
	Silent Witness, The (1978)

Academy Fellowship


Awarded to:
	David Attenborough

BAFTA TV Award

Best Film Cameraman


Winner:
	"Voyage of Charles Darwin, The" (1978) - David Whitson (I); Maurice Tibbles
Other Nominees:
	"Lost Boys, The" (1978) (mini) - Elmer Cossey One and Only Phyllis Dixey, The (1978) (TV) - Mike Fash

Best Film Editor


Winner:
	"Out" (1978) - Ralph Sheldon
Other Nominees:
	"Pennies from Heaven" (1978) (mini) - David Martin (II) Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978) (TV) - Jon Costelloe One and Only Phyllis Dixey, The (1978) (TV) - Jeremy McCracken (I)

Best Film Sound


Nominees:
	"Pennies from Heaven" (1978) (mini) - Mervyn Broadway "South Bank Show, The" (1978) - Bill Cross (II) - For episode "MacMillan's Mayerling". - Also for Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978) (TV). "South Bank Show, The" (1978) - Bob Edwards (IX) - For episode "Anatomy of an Opera".

Best Actor


Winner:
	"Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1978) (mini) - Edward Fox (I)
Other Nominees:
	"Lost Boys, The" (1978) (mini) - Ian Holm - Also for Night School (1978) (TV), "BBC2 Play of the Week" (1977) {Flayed (#1.16)} and Mirage (1978) (TV). "Out" (1978) - Tom Bell (I) "Pennies from Heaven" (1978) (mini) - Bob Hoskins

Best Actress


Winner:
	"Lillie" (1978) (mini) - Francesca Annis - Also for Comedy of Errors, The (1978/I) (TV).
Other Nominees:
	"Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1978) (mini) - Peggy Ashcroft - Also for Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978) (TV). "Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1978) (mini) - Cynthia Harris (I) "Pennies from Heaven" (1978) (mini) - Cheryl Campbell (I)

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	"Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1978) (mini) - Diane Thurley; Jennie Tate (II)
Other Nominees:
	"Lillie" (1978) (mini) - Frances Tempest; Linda Matlock "Pennies from Heaven" (1978) (mini) - John Peacock (I) One and Only Phyllis Dixey, The (1978) (TV) - Martin Baugh

Best Sound Supervisor


Nominees:
	"Lillie" (1978) (mini) - Bob Pell; Paul Faraday

'Harlequin' (Documentary/Factual)


Winner:
	"Think of a Number" (1978) - Ann Reay
Other Nominees:
	"Blue Peter" (1958) - Biddy Baxter

Best Single Play


Winner:
	Licking Hitler (1974) (TV) - David Hare (I)
Other Nominees:
	"BBC2 Playhouse" (1974) - Jack Gold (I) - For episode "Thank You, Comrades". "BBC2 Playhouse" (1974) {Thank You, Comrades} - Jack Gold (I) Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978) (TV) - Stephen Frears One and Only Phyllis Dixey, The (1978) (TV) - Michael Tuchner

Best Design


Winner:
	"Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1978) (mini) - Allan Cameron (I); Martyn Hebert
Other Nominees:
	"Lillie" (1978) (mini) - Bryan Bagge; Richard Dunn (II); Roger Hall (I) "Pennies from Heaven" (1978) (mini) - Tim Harvey (I); Bruce Macadie "Voyage of Charles Darwin, The" (1978) - Colin Shaw (I)

Best Light Entertainment Programme/Series


Winner:
	"Kenny Everett Video Show, The" (1978) - David Mallet
Other Nominees:
	"Muppet Show, The" (1976) - Jim Henson (I) "Two Ronnies, The" (1971) - Peter Whitmore (II)

'Flame of Knowledge'


Nominees:
	"How We Used to Live" (1968) - Richard Handford

Best Drama Series/Serial


Winner:
	"Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1978) (mini) - Andrew Brown (I); Waris Hussein
Other Nominees:
	"All Creatures Great and Small" (1978) - Bill Sellars "Lillie" (1978) (mini) - Jack Williams (II) "Pennies from Heaven" (1978) (mini) - Kenith Trodd; Piers Haggard

Best Situation Comedy


Winner:
	"Going Straight" (1978) - Sydney Lotterby
Other Nominees:
	"Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The" (1976) - Gareth Gwenlan "Rising Damp" (1974) - Vernon Lawrence "Two's Company" (1975) - Humphrey Barclay; John Reardon (I)

Best Make Up


Winner:
	"Lillie" (1978) (mini) - Pauline Green; Lynda Bayne
Other Nominees:
	"Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1978) (mini) - Angela Seyfang One and Only Phyllis Dixey, The (1978) (TV) - Joan Hills

Best VTR Editor


Winner:
	"Muppet Show, The" (1976) - John Hawkins (II)
Other Nominees:
	"Lillie" (1978) (mini) - Geoff Beames; Graham Roberts (III) "Lost Boys, The" (1978) (mini) - Charles Huff

'Harlequin' (Drama/Light Entertainment)


Winner:
	"Grange Hill" (1978) - Anna Home; Colin Cant
Other Nominees:
	"Come Back, Lucy" (1978) - Shaun O'Riordan "Huntingtower" (1978) - Pharic Maclaren "Multi-Coloured Swap Shop" (1976) - Rosemary Gill (II) "Play School" (1964) - Anne Gobey "Runaround" (1975) - Greg Lanning

Best Light Entertainment Performance


Winner:
	"Going Straight" (1978) - Ronnie Barker - Also for "Two Ronnies, The" (1971).
Other Nominees:
	"Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The" (1976) - Leonard Rossiter - Also for "Losers, The" (1978) and "Rising Damp" (1974). "Two's Company" (1975) - Donald Sinden "Two's Company" (1975) - Elaine Stritch - Also for "Song by Song" (1978).

Best Factual Series


Winner:
	"Voyage of Charles Darwin, The" (1978) - Christopher Ralling
Other Nominees:
	"Body in Question, The" (1978) - Patrick Uden "Hong Kong Beat, The" (1978) - John Purdie (I) "Horizon" (1964) - Simon Campbell-Jones

Most Original Programme/Series


Winner:
	"Pennies from Heaven" (1978) (mini) - Kenith Trodd; Piers Haggard
Other Nominees:
	"Body in Question, The" (1978) - Patrick Uden "Kenny Everett Video Show, The" (1978) - David Mallet

Best Graphics


Winner:
	"South Bank Show, The" (1978) - Pat Gavin
Other Nominees:
	"Omnibus" (1967) - Bob Blagden "Two's Company" (1975) - Pat Gavin; Terry Griffiths (I)

Best Television Lighting


Winner:
	"Lost Boys, The" (1978) (mini) - Sam Barclay (I)
Other Nominees:
	"Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1978) (mini) - Bill Lee (VI); Malcolm Harrison "Lillie" (1978) (mini) - Bert Wilkins; Colin Innes-Hopkins "Pennies from Heaven" (1978) (mini) - Dave Sydenham

Best TV Cameraman


Winner:
	"Kenny Everett Video Show, The" (1978) - John Chapman (II) - For the inserts.
Other Nominees:
	"Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1978) (mini) - Albert Almond; Roy Easton "Lillie" (1978) (mini) - Derek Doe "Pennies from Heaven" (1978) (mini) - Dave Mutton